Do you sometimes feel lost in discourses around intersectionality, waves of feminism, and anti-gender backlash? Do you want to explore what feminism entails in the present day, from social media to activism and politics? 

Or do you perhaps want to better understand the interconnections between feminist and green thinking? Then please join our online course on green feminism! 

It consists of exercises, texts, slides, and videos on seven different themes relating to feminism, through which you’ll acquire a great overview on the current discourse on feminism – including a number of examples on political measures that have the potential to transform our societies into thriving environments of equal opportunities for a diversity of life paths.

Learning objectives for the course

After completing the module:

  • you will better understand the basic premises and objectives of feminism
  • you will be able to connect feminist theories and movements to green ideology, and understand how feminism is central to green politics
  • you will be able to apply feminist perspectives in diverse situations and reflect your own position in relation to other people and society
  • you will be able to identify connections of feminism to different areas of politics and human and non-human life
  • you will better understand some key feminist struggles and challenges at European and national level, and why we must stay vigilant amid forces of backlash

Authors 

This course is created by the Green European Foundation in collaboration with

Visio – the Finnish Green Educational Centre and Think Tank 

Naisasialiitto Unioni / The Feminist Association Unioni

  • Eekku Aromaa, general secretary
  • Fatim Diarra, president

With the support of:

Finnish Green Women’s Association

Finnish Young Greens

Fundacija Strefa Zieleni

Green Economics Institute

Green Thoughts Association Turkey

Oikos 

About the Instructors